The venom of caste consciousness is fast spreading, even in states like Kerala, where it was rare some years back. It is with this weapon that the upper castes fight the reservation rights of backward classes for employment and education. They fail to see that reservation is a corrective and democratic force to undo the injustice done to the so called low castes for centuries. They view it as injustice to the upper castes.
Fight against such primitive tendencies. Rajeeve Chelanat On 4 Jun, 09:17, "C.K. Vishwanath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do remember late com. hiren mukherjee's words-in > bengal, hindutva is a dominant ideology. > Earlier,partha chatterjee(upper castes have been > controlling the parties in bengal,all other > states,obc,s.c,s.t representations have been > increasing. and recently,ashish nandy(ananda bazar > patrika) point out the hegemonic influence of upper > castes in bengal society.operation barga(land > reforms)gives a little mobility to middle castes but > scs.and s.ts have been ouitside this > landreforms.kamatapuri movement of north bengal > reflects the naked truth.Even Eswarachandra vidyasagar > resisted the universal primary education in > bengal.They didn't like education in mothertounge. > --- Afthab Ellath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > This is what we have achieved in an Institution > > Higher Education, which was > > supposed to produce health professionals of high > > ethics, after 30 years of > > non-stop left front rule... Do we need further > > explanation about > > the 'apartheid' in our country? > > > On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Ranjit Ranjit > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > hi > > > > One of our friend Saptrishi (from NUJS, Kolkata) > > has forwarded me a news > > > report of Untouchability practices followed by the > > so called upper caste > > > students in one of the Medical College in > > Culcutta. > > > > The news was carried by Anand bazar Patrika, > > yesterday. He has translated > > > below the news item into english so that we can > > forward it to all > > > concerned. > > > > anoop > > > > *The Caste Ailment Strikes the **Medical** > > **College** Hostel This Time* > > > > Ananda Bazaar Patrika, Friday, 30th May 2008, page > > 4 > > > > Is Biman Basu going to arrange a communal dinning > > at the Calcutta Medical > > > College? > > > > A few years back, the school students of > > Birbhaanpur in Bankuda district > > > had boycotted the mid-day meals cooked by "low" > > caste women. It was said > > > that they had been instructed to do so by their > > family members. The > > > Left-Front chairman Mr. Biman Basu had gone there > > and had organized a > > > communal dinning with all the caste members, thus > > saving the state > > > government from much embarrassment. > > > > This time around, there have been allegations that > > some students at the > > > Calcutta Medical College hostel have been > > prevented from taking water from > > > the taps, on account of their "low" caste by their > > "high" caste classmates. > > > For the same reason, the said students have been > > subjected to physical and > > > mental torture also. It is surprising, that all > > those who were so vociferous > > > against the divisive nature of "caste-based" > > reservations, should have such > > > cases of blatant untouchability in their own > > backyards! > > > > Seventeen students of the first and second years, > > who are residents of the > > > men's hostel at the college have expressed their > > grievances in writing, to > > > the Dean Mr. Prabir Kumar Dasgupta and Hospital > > Superintendent, Mr. Anup > > > Roy. In their written account, the aggrieved > > students have said that for the > > > past few days, a group of students at the men's > > hostel had been abusing and > > > taunting them in caste based terms. The situation > > took a serious turn on the > > > night of 17th May. A group led by three students > > entered the hostel and > > > started abusing them in caste-specific terms and > > warned them against taking > > > water from the taps. When the latter protested, > > they were dragged out of > > > their rooms and beaten up by the mob. The > > aggrieved students approached the > > > authorities, in order to seek redressal against > > such violence. > > > > The authorities and the doctors at the Medical > > College are extremely upset > > > about this kind of caste-centric disturbances > > caused by the students, within > > > the hostel. On 19th May, the Hospital > > Superintendent, after making primary > > > enquiries, constituted a committee comprising of > > four departmental heads, > > > for conducting detailed investigations into the > > matter. The committee > > > comprised of Dr. Siddharth Chakravarty of the > > Cardio-Thoracic Department, > > > Dr. Sukanto Chatterjee of the Pediatrics > > Department, Dr. Tapan Kumar Basu of > > > Forensic Medicine and Dr. Samir Dasgupta of > > Community Medicine. > > > Investigations over, the committee is more or less > > certain that the incident > > > had, indeed occurred. However, since the situation > > at the Medical College is > > > perpetually tensed surrounding matters related to > > the hostels, the committee > > > fears if the submission of the report would amount > > to adding fuel to the > > > fire. The students, against whom the allegations > > have been made, have > > > however denied that the incident ever took place. > > > > In the words of superintendent Mr. Anup Roy, "this > > incident has given me a > > > mental shock. I am somehow not being able to > > accept such mentality and > > > attitude of the students of the medical college. > > We have requested every > > > student organization on the campus to monitor that > > such shameful incidents > > > do not take place in future". > > > > The members of the investigation committee > > informed, that in order to test > > > the validity of the allegations, all the seventeen > > aggrieved students were > > > asked to write down their accounts of the > > incident, separately, in front of > > > the committee. It was seen that all the seventeen > > students wrote similar > > > descriptions. The committee members stated, "our > > report is complete. It is > > > extremely demotivating. But given the turbulent > > situation at the medical > > > college caused by the student movement, we really > > don't know what would > > > happen when we release the report. And it is such > > considerations that are > > > preventing us from submitting the report". > > > > The State Backward Class Development Minister, Mr. > > Jogesh Burman, expressed > > > wonder when he was informed about the matter. In > > his words, "casteism is so > > > ingrained in our psyche since time immemorial, > > that we have not been able to > > > transcend it. During the left-front regime, we > > tried a lot to convince > > > people against such things. But the fact that such > > an incident has occurred > > > at a place like the Medical College implies, that > > our efforts have not > > > actualized". > > > -- > > Regards > > > Afthab Ellath > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~> You received this > message because you are subscribed > > to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB > > === message truncated ===- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. 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